Why Do Katniss Trust In People To Survive?

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Famous self-help author, Napoleon Hill, once said, “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” In the book The Hunger Games, where people have to fight to their death, the main character Katniss puts trust in people to help her survive. In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins the theme is that putting trust in others is key to survival as shown by Katniss’ relationships with Rue, Peeta, and Haymitch. In the book Hunger Games its first demonstration of the theme of vulnerability is when Katniss forms an alliance with Rue. In the book when Katniss and Rue form an alliance and they go blow the careers supplies up. Rue sets the fires to distract them and then Katniss blows the supplies up. Also if Katniss

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